In Special Education at UNC Charlotte, we have been delivering course work in various distance delivery formats (e.g., two-way interactive TV, videoconferencing over the Internet, asynchronous online) for about 15 years. In those years, we have had many opportunities to disseminate our efforts. In this article, we document the experiences of two faculty members, one a more seasoned veteran and one a relatively new faculty member, and discuss our effort to extend the reach of the university to rural North Carolina through distance delivery.
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